Safe Use of Social Media for Employees

This e-learning course is aimed at businesses who want to give staff clear guidance about the safe use of social media online to protect both the company and employees. Available on all devices and taking about 30 minutes to complete, it can be tailored to individual businesses and include their own social media policies.

The interactive course explores how a single social media post can damage an organisation’s reputation and lead to disciplinary action, or even dismissal, for employees – even if it happens outside work.

Using real-world examples and straight-talking advice, the course will help employees keep themselves, and their employer, out of trouble.

Why choose PA Training?

Recognised training

PA Training is the training division of the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, with a client list which includes every national news provider across every national newspaper, TV broadcast and radio.

Industry experts

As Europe’s leading training company for journalism, multimedia and public relations, our courses are only ever taught by trainers who are thought leaders who are working professionals in their specialism.

Course outline

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the employee will:

Understand the types of unprofessional behaviour they should avoid online.

See how they can be ‘caught on camera’ by someone else’s social media post.

See how the prevalence of information online means we’re never anonymous.

Realise that social media is never really private and even unintentional posts can get them into trouble.

Course outline

The power of social media in action

Criticising your employer

Criticising your colleagues

Inappropriate behaviour

‘Caught on camera’

Quick quiz

“Fat finger” syndrome

Privacy & confidentiality

Bullying & harassment

Libel & defamation

Quick quiz

Outcomes

Using real-world examples, this course will help employees understand the risks of talking about work on their personal social media accounts, and how even a single post could get them reprimanded, suspended or worse.

By educating employees, the course will help protect the employer against reputational and business costs that an employee’s unprofessional behaviour could cause.

This course is designed for all employees within an organisation.

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In-house training, bespoke to your needs.

Whether it is training for an individual or a team, our in-house packages allow you to tailor the course content to suit your organisation’s needs. You choose the duration, content and location, whether it’s your preferred office or onsite at our training facility.